Von Chew? Miller’s own pigskin preview

COLLEGE STATION — Pass-rusher Von Miller didn’t want to be like all of the other guys — as if it’s normal for a TV crew to ask a player to obliterate a football in the first place.

So Miller (left) added an extra step this summer when filming a riotous segment for 12th Man TV at Kyle Field, which aired during Texas A&M’s season-opening victory over New Mexico.

“I was just in there having fun,” Miller said of shoving a deflated football in his mouth and then chewing on it like a wild animal. “They had told me to grab a football and crush it. But I didn’t want to be traditional. So I just chewed it. It was a little improv.”

And funny. Although I got the idea by game’s end Lobos quarterback Donovan Porterie — sacked three times by Miller — wasn’t laughing at Miller’s crazy comedy routine.

Miller, A&M’s most explosive defender, will aim to add to his early sack total (he had 3 1/2 all last season) when the Aggies play host to Utah State at 6 p.m. Saturday.

“We’re putting him in a position to make plays,” Aggies coach Mike Sherman said. “I (knew) going into the offseason we were going to be a young football team, and anyone who was a playmaker we had to get to the forefront. … Obviously in the spring he came on like gangbusters, and has continued to.”

And for that, a football and a lone quarterback have suffered. So far.